"The juniors really don't know, I beg Pei Gong for advice!"

Li Yuan claimed to be a lowly post for a while, and then called himself a junior, which was enough to show his sincerity and fear at this time, it is no wonder that when Li Yuan heard that he might get the right to support the army, he was very nervous in his heart, he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, and he didn't know the true intentions of the Son of Heaven.

Pei Ju is a well-known good man in the imperial court, no one can be offended, anyone can be with him, he also treats him with sincerity, so that Pei Ju becomes a person who spans several major power groups, he is recognized as the representative of the interests of the Shandong Shi clan in the imperial court, and is also an ally of the Guanlong Shi clan and the Guanlong nobles, and because of his brother Pei Yun, he has a deep friendship with the southern Shi clan.

But because of this, Pei Ju will never help anyone for anyone, at most he will stop at a superficial level, because helping one faction means offending the other, Pei Ju will never do this kind of thing.

Zhang Xuan also gradually saw through Pei Ju at this point, so Zhang Xuan would rather give Yu Shiji 1,000 taels of gold per year than ask Pei Ju for help on key issues.

However, Li Yuan talked to Pei Ju and did find the right person, Pei Ju was very willing to talk to him about this issue, as long as it did not involve anything that harmed the interests of the other faction, Pei Ju was indeed willing to try his best to help Li Yuan, especially Li Yuan was already a rare real power faction among the nobles of Guanlong.

Pei Ju smiled slightly: "I thought Shude would know the reason, but I didn't expect Shude to know, so it's okay!" Then I'll tell you, it's because Dou Qing died. ”

Li Yuan was puzzled, "What does this have to do with my father-in-law's death?" ”

Pei Ju smiled faintly, "The Holy Lord doesn't want the two factions of the Guanlong nobles to become one faction because of this. ”

Li Yuan was silent, Pei Ju's words were too sharp and too thorough, the two factions of the Guanlong aristocracy were each held by Dou Qing and Dugu Shun, and Dou Qing died of illness. The Dugu faction is strong, and the Son of Heaven avoids the Guanlong aristocratic family from sitting big, so it is logical to support the Dou faction.

After a while, Li Yuan sighed and said, "I understand, thank you Pei Gong for your guidance!" ”

Pei Ju took a sip of hot tea, and asked with a smile: "Shu Dejiu is in Taiyuan." You should know more about the situation of the Turks, have you heard anything recently? ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously, "What does Pei Gong mean?" ”

"Regarding this alliance of the Son of Heaven, there is news that the Turks are not sincere, what does Shude think?"

"This"

Li Yuan was difficult to answer for a while, his mind in the past few months has been thinking about how to take over the driver, how to please the officials and important ministers, and he didn't care about the affairs of the Turks at all, and only said after a while: "The Turks only recognize interests. If the interests are sufficient, it is not impossible to form an alliance. ”

"I'm afraid that we can't afford to give the Turks the benefits they want!" A bitter smile appeared on Pei Ju's face.

"What does Pei Gong mean?" Li Yuan asked.

"I can't tell, all in all, Taiyuan is a little closer to Mayi County, and Li Yuanjun needs to be extremely careful."

"Please rest assured that Pei Gong has remembered his humble duties!"

At this time, there was a hurried footstep outside the door, and Pei Xingjian reported at the door: "Grandfather." Someone is in the palace, and the grandfather of the saint Xuan has entered the palace! ”

Pei Ju nodded. smiled at Li Yuan and said, "I'm sorry, the Holy Lord announced that I entered the palace and neglected the king." ”

Li Yuan hurriedly got up and said goodbye, "The summons of the Holy Lord is a big deal, please ask Pei Gong to enter the palace immediately, and leave first." ”

Li Yuan bowed and hurried away. Pei Ju changed his clothes, he picked up Zhang Xuan's fast letter and looked at it for a while, but still put the letter down.

A quarter of an hour later, Pei Ju hurriedly came to the door of Yang Guang's temporary imperial study in Jinyang Palace, and he waited for a while. A eunuch came out and said with a smile: "Pei Gong, Your Majesty is invited!" ”

Pei Ju didn't know why the Son of Heaven was looking for him, now there was more than a month before he went north, and there was nothing to do, and he was not very involved in many specific government affairs now, so it was a little strange today that the saint was so anxious to find himself.

He walked into the imperial study and bowed, "The old minister sees Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang was reviewing the recital, he put down his pen and said with a smile: "There is something to discuss with Gong Pei!" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak, the old minister listens!"

"I received news this afternoon that the Turkic envoy will arrive tomorrow, and I want to discuss the specific details of the alliance, I want Pei Gong to discuss with the Turkic envoy as the representative of the Great Sui, what does Pei Gong think?"

"This is Your Majesty's trust in the old minister, how dare the old minister disobey!"

After a pause, Pei Ju said slowly: "There are a few words that the old minister wants to remind His Majesty. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, regarding this alliance, the old minister feels that he should make preparations with both hands, Wen must have one hand, and Wu must not lose one hand, and must not be careless."

Yang Guang frowned, "Could it be that Pei Gong has any evidence?" ”

"There is no evidence, but I heard some rumors that the Turks had mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops last autumn and were ready to be disadvantageous to His Majesty, which are just some rumors, but the old minister knows the Turks very well, the Turks have always lacked sincerity, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their interests, if the negotiations can achieve their interests, there is no problem, but once the negotiations fail to achieve the interests they want, the risk will be great, so the old minister thinks we should be on guard."

Yang Guang pondered for a moment and said: "I understand Pei Gong's worries, I will also strengthen the defense, but in any case, this alliance is of great significance to the stability of the northern Sui Dynasty, even if there is a risk, we can't give up the alliance, I have 150,000 elite Xiaoguo troops to protect it, I believe there will be no problem." ”

Yang Guang's attitude was expected by Pei Ju, it was not that the saint could not think of the risk of going north, but that this meeting alliance was too important, and it was related to the peace of the Great Sui in the next ten years, which was of great significance, so even if there was a risk, the saint could not give up the alliance, and Zhang Xuan's suggestions and worries were actually meaningless.

Pei Ju sighed secretly, bowed down and said, "Then let's see the situation of the meeting with the Turkic envoy tomorrow!" ”

"This is what makes sense, don't say no first, then you can't do anything, I appreciate Yu Shiji's style of doing things, just talk about things, and adapt to changes."

Yang Guang obviously refused to accept Pei Ju's advice, no wonder, he had been preparing for this meeting for nearly half a year, how could he give up the big event of the alliance because of some rumors and speculations?

However, Yang Guang is also very concerned about the safety of his life, what if the Turks really don't have the sincerity of the alliance? He pondered for a long time, took out a golden arrow and said, "Quickly spread the clouds to see me!" ”

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Shanyang County, Mayi County, two years ago, the border trade was canceled by the Turks, and the black horse thieves on the White Wolf Road were rampant, but the blockade lasted only a few months, and the Turks could not afford the losses caused by the blockade trade, the border trade was reopened, merchants gathered, and the once depressed Shanyang County prospered again.

As the date of the alliance between the Great Sui and the Turks gradually approached, more and more caravans gathered in Shanyang County, but at this time, the heavy snow covering the grassland had not yet melted, and the trade route to the northbound grassland was temporarily cut off, and the caravans could only wait patiently for the heavy snow to melt.

However, some experienced camel caravans were not affected by the heavy snow closures, and although the blizzard was still a great threat, the huge lure of windfall profits made these camel caravans take risks and ride the camel caravans towards the white snowfield.

In the afternoon of that day, a Sogdian caravan from the steppe arrived in Shanyang County, consisting of several hundred camels, bringing good furs and medicinal herbs from the steppe.

The leader of the Sogdian caravanserais' guard was a Turkic man named Khamali, about thirty-five or sixteen years of age, with a tall and burly build, dark skin and red skin, a broad face characteristic of the Turks, and a sly glint in his slender eyes.

He followed the Sogdians into the city, where he stood by the small bazaar and surveyed every merchant who came to trade.

Kang Sheli's real identity is the commander of the guards of the Turkic Shibi Khan, and the official worships the Turkic Zhuguo, because he has been a general on the border of the Great Sui for a long time, can speak fluent Chinese, and is deeply respected by the Shibi Khan.

This time, he came to Mayi County to meet a man on the secret order of the Khan.

After looking at it for a while, he turned back and asked a Han guide, "Where is your master?" Why didn't you come to see me? ”

"Please calm down, General, I have asked my companion to look for it, and I should be able to come over soon."

As soon as the words fell, I saw a Sui army general galloping on horseback, this Sui army general was very majestic, with a long scar on his face, it was Liu Wuzhou, the general of the Eagle Strike Lang of Mayi County.

Because Mayi County controls the border, the imperial court did not revoke the Yingyang Mansion of Mayi County, and there are still 3,000 troops in the Yingyang Mansion of Mayi County, and Wang Rengong is also the general of Yingyang Lang, and there are three Yingyang Lang generals below who are specifically in charge of the army, and Liu Wuzhou is one of them.

Kang Yanli recognized Liu Wuzhou at a glance, he couldn't help laughing, stepped forward and said with a smile: "General Liu, we haven't seen each other for a long time!" (To be continued.) )